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This continuing education course reviews the role of omega-3 fats from both dietary and supplement sources in cancer risk reduction, treatment, and prevention of recurrence.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Counsel clients on the unique function of omega-3 fatty acids in the body and their role in health promotion.
- Distinguish three potential positive clinical outcomes of omega-3 fatty acids in the oncology setting.
- Determine clinical considerations in cases where omega-3s may pose a risk during cancer treatment.
Additional Information
Course content was written by Ginger Hultin, DCN, RDN, CSO, a Seattle-based integrative oncology nutrition specialist and owner of private practice, Ginger Hultin Nutrition.
The faculty and planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner's discretion.
Available Credit
- 2.00 CDR